Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

Prior to the 2012 season, new Jaguars owner Shahid Khan announced that the team would once again use a black jersey, something they had not done since 2007.

Prior to this system being put in place, users could " double dose " if they were able to convince the prescriber to give them a new prescription to replace the one that they had " lost ", by taking each prescription to a different pharmacy.

Prior to ABBA's formation, Björn and Benny were living in a Volkswagen bus and had decided to leave music and gain regular jobs, however Anderson persuaded them to start a new band, investing considerable money in the group.

Prior to this new material, skateboards wheels were metal or " clay " wheels.

Prior to the Omride period the site appears to have been the center of an extensive wine and oil production area, which may have accounted for its choice as the new capital.

Prior to the events, the university received a facelift that included extensive renovations to the Rice – Eccles Stadium, a light rail track leading to downtown Salt Lake City, a new student center known as the Heritage Center, an array of new student housing, and a 134-room campus hotel and conference center.

Prior to the introduction of this new technology, moving image production was only available to the consumer ( or the artist for that matter ) by way of eight or sixteen millimeter film, but did not provide the instant playback that video tape technologies offered.

Prior to construction Stephenson House was moved to a new location further east on Charles St.

Prior to the 1950s, the various stages of the recording and marketing process had been carried out by different professionals within the industry – A & R managers found potential new artists and signed them to their labels ; professional songwriters created new material ; publishing agents sold these songs to the A & R people ; staff engineers carried out the task of making the recordings in company-owned studios.

Prior to the beginning of the game, Blade is working to rid the streets of a potent new recreational drug named U4, which is rapidly gaining popularity in Freeport and is rumored to be able to cause genetic mutations to its users.

Prior to commissioning, the new ship undergoes sea trials to identify any deficiencies needing correction.

Prior to his election as president in 1948, Chiang Kai-shek had insisted that he be premier under the new Constitution, while allowing the president ( to which Chiang nominated Hu Shih ) be a mere figurehead.

Prior to finding success in the alternative rock scene, Linnell was also involved with The Mundanes, a Rhode Island-based new wave band.

Prior to this, most new rose cultivars were spontaneous mutations or accidental, bee-induced hybrids, and appeared rarely.

Prior to E3, most game publishers went to other trade shows to display new products, including the Consumer Electronics Show and the European Computer Trade Show.

Prior to the 2011-12 season, the team decided to hire a new coach, Lawrence Frank, former head coach of the New Jersey Nets and an assistant coach of the Boston Celtics, and part ways with yet another member of the 2004 championship team, veteran guard Richard Hamilton.

Prior to the beginning of training camps, however, the NBA owners, led by commissioner David Stern, locked out the players in order to force a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Players Association ( NBPA ).

Prior to the 2008-09 season opener, the Blackhawks named Toews, at 20 years and 79 days, as the new captain, succeeding the traded Lapointe and making him the third-youngest captain at the time of appointment.

Prior to the new recording sessions, the band toured Australia and New Zealand ( after a two-show night in Hong Kong ), played concerts in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden and made several television, radio and live concert appearances in the UK.

Prior to the start of the 1965 season, the club moved to a new training, administration and home game base at Moorabbin Oval in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Prior to the admission of Missouri to statehood in 1821, several new migrations altered the religious composition of the future county.

Prior to this episode, Rod Serling had written an episode called " The Happy Place " as the pilot for his new series.

Prior to the game's release, a promotional soundtrack was released in North America, titled Music to Pound the Ground To: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack.

Prior to the redevelopment of the Melbourne Cricket Ground between 2002 and 2006, spectators seated in the Members ' Stand ( reserved for members of the Melbourne Cricket Club ) would not participate in a Mexican wave, and would be booed by other spectators at the ground, before the wave would resume on the other side of the stand.

Prior to its construction, major events were usually held at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as it was the largest stadium in Sydney.

Prior to moving to the Pride Park Stadium, Derby County had been based at The Baseball Ground since 1895.

Prior to the launch, the imprint was under the working title of " Ground Zero ".

Prior to entering the French Foreign Legion, he served in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ( JGSDF ) in the 1st Airborne Brigade in 1979 before he left in 1981.

Prior to becoming a NATO CoE, the institute was known as the Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre ( ENTEC ) and it was located in Munich.

Prior publications introducing Western parents to this ancient practice include the booklet Conscious Toilet Training, by Laurie Boucke ( 1979 ), book Trickle Treat: Diaperless Infant Toilet Training Method, by Laurie Boucke ( 1991 ), a pamphlet entitled Elimination Timing, by Natec ( 1994 ), and the more extensive Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living, by Laurie Boucke ( 2000 ).

Prior to the inception of the Empire Air Training Scheme ( as it was commonly known in Australia ), the RAAF trained only about 50 pilots per year.

Prior to August 1998, Coast Guard OCS was located at the Coast Guard Reserve Training Center ( RESTRACEN ) in Yorktown, Virginia.

Prior to that, he served as Commanding General, U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, from December 8, 2008, to April 11, 2011, as Acting Commander, U. S. Central Command, from March 24, 2008, to October 30, 2008, as Deputy Commander, U. S. Central Command, from August 2007 to March 23, 2008, and as Commanding General, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq ( MNSTC-I ), from August 2005 to August 2007.

Prior to 1948 cadet forces in schools existed as part of the Officers ' Training Corps framework, but in 1948 Combined Cadet Force was formed covering cadets affiliated to all three services.

Prior to attending NAVSCOLEOD, Navy service members attend Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center ( NDSTC ) in Panama City, FL for a 9 week EOD Diver Course.

Prior to joining one of the three EFT Squadrons, trainee pilots will have completed Initial Officer Training ( IOT ) at RAF College Cranwell and are all commissioned officers.

; Training: Prior to launch, all users need to be trained, with procedures.

Prior to the 1992 merger, the Division of State Police's Training Academy was located in Framingham.

Prior to designating the 4540th CCTG, the 4518th Combat Crew Training Squadron was activated on March 1, 1964 and was reassigned to the 4540th CCTG upon the later's activation.

Prior to the establishment of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Dan Beard was recipient of the only " gold Eagle badge " awarded at the Second National Training Conference of Scout Executives held in 1922 in Blue Ridge, North Carolina.

Prior to this date, the Armenian Evangelical community of Beirut, to complement its high schools, had established two post-secondary educational entities: the Teacher ’ s Training Institute, which was housed in the library of the Central High School and operated from 1948 – 51, and the Armenian Evangelical College, which held a Freshman Arts and Sciences program under the sponsorship of the First Armenian Evangelical Church of Beirut.

Prior to 1 April 2006 Training Group held British Government agency status, operating as the Training Group Defence Agency ( TGDA ).

Prior to 2006 Spring Training, Zimmerman changed his jersey number from # 25 ( 2005 ) to # 11, his former college number.

Prior to his assignments as division commander, police captain, Sanders, then police lieutenant, was the police academy commander at the San Diego Criminal Justice Training Center-Police Academy at Miramar College.

Prior to this position, we was the Supervising Editor of National Public Radio's Economic Training Project.